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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | setup.c | 12 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt index 5b9ad0429c..62c76c1c89 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt @@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ The working tree's administrative files in the repository (see `git worktree prune` in the main or any linked working tree to clean up any stale administrative files. -If you move a linked working tree to another file system, or -within a file system that does not support hard links, you need to run -at least one git command inside the linked working tree -(e.g. `git status`) in order to update its administrative files in the -repository so that they do not get automatically pruned. +If you move a linked working tree, you need to manually update the +administrative files so that they do not get pruned automatically. See +section "DETAILS" for more information. If a linked working tree is stored on a portable device or network share which is not always mounted, you can prevent its administrative files from @@ -137,6 +135,13 @@ thumb is do not make any assumption about whether a path belongs to $GIT_DIR or $GIT_COMMON_DIR when you need to directly access something inside $GIT_DIR. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` to get the final path. +If you move a linked working tree, you need to update the 'gitdir' file +in the entry's directory. For example, if a linked working tree is moved +to `/newpath/test-next` and its `.git` file points to +`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next`, then update +`/path/main/.git/worktrees/test-next/gitdir` to reference `/newpath/test-next` +instead. + To prevent a $GIT_DIR/worktrees entry from being pruned (which can be useful in some situations, such as when the entry's working tree is stored on a portable device), add a file named @@ -401,17 +401,6 @@ static int check_repository_format_gently(const char *gitdir, int *nongit_ok) return ret; } -static void update_linked_gitdir(const char *gitfile, const char *gitdir) -{ - struct strbuf path = STRBUF_INIT; - struct stat st; - - strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/gitdir", gitdir); - if (stat(path.buf, &st) || st.st_mtime + 24 * 3600 < time(NULL)) - write_file(path.buf, "%s", gitfile); - strbuf_release(&path); -} - /* * Try to read the location of the git directory from the .git file, * return path to git directory if found. @@ -481,7 +470,6 @@ const char *read_gitfile_gently(const char *path, int *return_error_code) error_code = READ_GITFILE_ERR_NOT_A_REPO; goto cleanup_return; } - update_linked_gitdir(path, dir); path = real_path(dir); cleanup_return: |